Win A Classic!The Motorcycle Road show was at
the Steeplegate Mall in Concord this past weekend. Figures were off last year,
but we didn't sell Friday because of the big snowstorm, which limited us to
2 days of selling instead of 3. Thanks to Kathy Calvin, Steve Loughlin, Phil
Bonafide, Don and Sue Nelson, Roger and Pam Landry, Paul Cotton, and Warren
Mitchell.

PLEASE NOTE: We are in
need to someone to fill the open slots on Friday and Sunday. Please
check your schedules and please let Paul Cotton know if you're available.
Call him at 524-2883 or e-mail him at paulcotton@metrocast.net Thanks
in advance!

Something rotten in the state of...Gilford.Kathy Calvin reports that this
past weekend she received a call from Lou Ricciardello informing her that he
had bloomed another corpse flower. She went over and Saw Tilly VI on Sunday
morning. Apparently, it had already started to wilt and the "stink" was
not so strong. Lou claims to have no other corpse flowers in the works...at
least right now anyway. The recent bloom makes SIX since Tilly I back in August...only
8 months ago!

Back From Florida...

Laura Brusseau reports that the
Key Club had a great time at Alternative Spring Break for Habitat for Humanity
last week. The club will be at a future meeting to show pictures and a slide
show of their experience. Please attend that meeting, if possible, as it should
be a great treat to see these pictures and hear these stories from the Key
Club. The tentative date is either March 19th or April 2nd. Confirmation next
week.

Reading is FUNdamentalKathy Calvin reports that the next
RIF reading is next Monday, March 12th at Woodland Heights Elementary in Laconia
from 9:15-11:15. Anyone interested in attending, please do. A sign up sheet
was circulated, but at press time, only 2 names were on it and Kathy could
use the help. Please check your schedules and attend, if possible, next Monday.
Thanks!

Spaceshot Update (by W. Stephen Loughlin) Steve Loughlin gave the club an
upbeat report on Roger Ballantyne. He promised
a more detailed report in the bulletin...and here it is...

Last
week Roger made three trips to Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital as
the doctors “did another MRI (Roger’s 12th since last May), another
CT scan, and the mapping for the cyberknife.” Wednesday (February 28th)
was the last trip. That was for a two-hour cyberknife treatment. Betty reported
Roger did “very very well.” She noted, “the cyberknife treatment,
according to his doctor, will make it (the cancer) disappear or it will kill
it. The other tumor (the first brain tumor that was treated last year) was
larger. This one (the second brain tumor) was much smaller and (the doctors)
caught it quickly and the cyberknife radiation will really do the job. They’re
really confident about that.” It is Betty’s understanding that
the cyberknife treatment has concluded.

Betty reported, the interluken2 treatment cannot be rescheduled until the
doctors are confident there is no weakness in Roger’s brain. So, until the Interluken2
treatment can begin, the goal of the doctors is to slow down the growth of
the tumors in his chest and a very small tumor they recently found in his spine.
Toward that end, Roger is scheduled to visit the hospital again in two weeks
(March 19th). At that time he will be starting in on a new drug called sutent.
That drug was approved by the FDA in January 2006. Betty reports that the sutent
drug starves the tumors. That means, it doesn’t allow the blood supply
to feed the tumors. Once Roger’s head is healed, Roger will be rescheduled
for the Interluken 2 treatment.

She went on to explain that the interluken2 treatment builds a person’s
immune system, which helps the body fight the cancer. She noted, “all
our bodies produce it, but Roger is not producing enough.” Betty
enthusiastically reported, “Roger’s been a great healer. He heals
quickly. He heals better than most. I really believe with the Interluken2,
giving him what he needs to help fight it systemically, can get him where
we need to have him. That’s the game plan.”

Betty reported that Roger is getting stronger, he is eating again as his
appetite has improved. I know that we will all continue to keep him in our
thoughts and prayers.

50/50:Roger Landry and Warren Mitchell split $12.

Warren and Roger split the winnings .Photo by W. Stephen
Loughlin

Free Meal:Jim Fortier

Happy Dollars:Roger Landry and Warren Mitchell each for
winning. Phil Bonafide gave a buck because his son has bought a house earlier
in the day. A total of $3 was collected from this happy group.

February
Board Meeting:\ Sec'y Kathy read the minutes from the
board meetings last month. The minutes were approved as read. Some of the
highlights included:
***Lori Dickson, Phil Bedard, and Betty Trotter were approved for membership.
***$2,500 was approved to be donated to the Key Club for the ASB Habitat
for Humanity trip
***The general fund and charity fund were both approved as presented by
Joe Adrignola
***$63.54 was approved for purchase of a camera and film for the Children's
Christmas Party
***$250 was approved for donation to Laconia Little League
***A donation was approved for the Belmont Cub Scouts, Troop 65
***Dental bills for Dr. Eckels and Dr. Finn were approved and paid
***Purchase of Kiwanis pens to present to speakers was approved
Meeting adjourned at 7:47pm. The minutes were accepted as read by general
membership.

Kiwanis Kronikle is a weekly publication of the Kiwanis
Club of Laconia, N.H., P.O. Box 757, Laconia, N.H. 03247-0757.
We meet Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club,
Country Club Rd., Gilford, N.H. Please call your President or
Secretary about any Member or family member in case of illness.
Email: Joe Collie or Steve Loughlin